my left foot
10:14 Wed Oct 23
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Charity shops, paying no rent, innit. quick buck pop up shops, beauty and hairdressers galore.
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mashed in maryland
8:05 Wed Oct 23
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2 local high streets to me. Off the top of my head...
3 pubs
Several newsagents/mini supermarkets
Kebab shops
Multiple Chippies
Chinese take aways
2 family greasy spoon type cafes
2 Bookies
2 High street banks
A Butchers
Sunbed shops
3+ Hairdressers/nail places
3-4 Barbers (Turkish and "local")
An Argos
2 big chain supermarkets
A personal training studio
2 post offices
Pet shop
+ many more.
And all this in a working class suburb of Liverpool, with several other bigger high streets nearby.
"The death of the high street" is a total myth.
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Claret Badger
2:20 Wed Oct 23
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medwayhammer1 11:53 Tue Oct 22
you forgot wankers with vape clouds of strawberry following them like Wil o the Wisp
and fat skunk spliff smokin man dem
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zebthecat
12:07 Wed Oct 23
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only1billybonds 2:32 Tue Oct 22
Same here in East Grinstead and more shops opening up soon. The new apartment (luxury of course) block has one, two, three and four bedroom units starting at £270K. Ridiculous prices.
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medwayhammer1
11:53 Tue Oct 22
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Gobby pikey cunts, obesity, mobility scooters, charity shops, chicken/burger shops, sports direct, bookies and fit looking Eastern European ladies.
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only1billybonds
2:32 Tue Oct 22
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Including pubs there are now 27 establishments in Wokingham town centre where you can buy coffee and pastries etc. And there are an absolute shitliads of new dwellings being built. Good indication of economic STRENGTH that.
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Northern Sold
2:32 Tue Oct 22
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Black drug dealers getting stabbed every night
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Edmonton Hammer
2:24 Tue Oct 22
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Turkish food markets , Turkish restaurants , various " social clubs ",chicken shops but then I do live in Edmonton
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Manuel
1:01 Tue Oct 22
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Awww. look, tryhardhammer is still all upset and getting in a subtle little dig on a random thread, can't let it go can you darling. Try to understand that not everyone is happy losing and putting in atrocious displays...totally sums up the wanker that you are. Glad you're still bitter. Now fuck off.
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tonka
1:01 Tue Oct 22
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Craft Beer as told by Stewart Lee
'And the pretend folksy names and fake artisanal packaging of these bottled beers conspires to give the functioning 45-year-old alcoholic the impression that he's not a functioning alcoholic, but is instead some kind of a connoisseur of beer, cutting a valuable exploratory swathe through an uncharted wilderness of 7-8% proof alcohol."
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Moncurs Putting Iron
12:59 Tue Oct 22
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The guy who makes the To Let signs drives a Bentley.
Enough said.
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diehardhammer
12:34 Tue Oct 22
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should stock it full of underwear
would have a lot of customers from WHO given all the knicker wetting past few days
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BRANDED
12:29 Tue Oct 22
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Craft beer is just beer. More styles. More strengths. Different tastes. There are 900 new breweries in the country.
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eusebiovic
12:12 Tue Oct 22
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The craft beer thing is becoming over-saturated now...
It was a nice novelty at first and some are very good at what they do but like everything else there are a fair few charlatans and chancers out there.
Many are starting to sell out to the big brewers already which is a bit hypocritical considering they originally sold themselves as independent free spirits fighting corporatism.
Plus in the winter nobody wants to drink beer in a freezing cold railway arch or industrial estate.
Hippy capitalism - yuck
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bruuuno
12:04 Tue Oct 22
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Branded I see you live in a hipster area much like me.
I’ll add bubble teas, juices and cbd stuff to the list. I was thinking of just opening a fruit and veg stall with and emphasis on AVACADOES
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stewie griffin
11:39 Tue Oct 22
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If you live in London, open a knife shop
You'll do a roaring trade
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eusebiovic
11:37 Tue Oct 22
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There are also a lot of high streets which have shops which were not originally purpose-built.
There are lots of Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian housing stock which was extended out front to accommodate retail.
In future, I suspect that the trend for these will be to convert back to residential and restore a front garden or parking space.
There will be less shop units left but this means there will be more demand for them so probably the level of presentation will also improve.
Less is more and it will raise the quality...more space for pavements/cycling and genuine cafe culture where there is space to ensure you are not practically sitting in the bus lane drinking a coffee.
Rents are far too high but they will fall - eventually.
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Vexed
11:16 Tue Oct 22
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Uh, fucking craft beer gaffs. Got another one opening up near me soon. Who drinks this shit? Warm flowery beer with names like 'Old Dogs Cock' brewed by some sandal wearing cunt called Keith in his garage. Fuck off.
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BRANDED
11:11 Tue Oct 22
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Florists, high end Wine and Craft beer shop, Whole Food/Organic food produce, country clothing and sporting gear, Men’s and Ladies independent clothing boutiques, independent butchers, bakers and patisseries, estate agents, Craft beer bars, book stores, pet stores, old school independent hardware store, bagel shop and to reinstate a public toilet.
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tonka
11:10 Tue Oct 22
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basically cash businesses washing some money for Turks/Chinese/Albanians.
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master
11:09 Tue Oct 22
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Romanian begging outlets.
I've heard they'll be expanding into Albanian and Republic of North Macedonia variants fairly soon.
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